“Let There Be Light”
First Sunday After The Epiphany
January 11, 2015
SATURDAY USHERS NEEDED ~ We are looking for additional helpers, male,
female and youth, to serve as ushers for the Saturday evening services. If you would
be interested in serving your church in this way, or would like to know more, please
see Ann Michael or email her at [email protected]. Thank you!
Divine Service 2
AS WE GATHER
OFFERING ENVELOPES ~ Your new 2015 offering envelopes are available for
pick up and are now located on a table in the coat rack hallway. If you don’t see a box
of envelopes with your name on them, please see Kim Meyerholtz in the office or
email her at [email protected]. Please discard any old offering envelopes you
may have at home – some of the assigned numbers have changed and using the old
envelopes means your gift might not be recorded properly.
Confession/Absolution
Welcome to Our Shepherd Lutheran Church, and a special welcome to our guests!
God Almighty is not only the Creator of the world; He also created the new life that
we have in Jesus Christ. God spoke and there was light; He separated that from the
darkness. Similarly, God comes to dark, sinful hearts and creates light through the
work of the Holy Spirit in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Despite our sinful neglect of
that light, God promises that He will maintain it until the day He takes us home.
God bless your worship with us.
WORSHIP * DISCIPLESHIP * FELLOWSHIP
Fancy words, but what do they mean?
Each week, we’ll ponder the three focus areas of the work we do here at Our
Shepherd: WORSHIP: God’s great gift to us; DISCIPLESHIP: how we grow as His
children; and FELLOWSHIP: how we serve Him and each other, here and around
the world.
CONGREGATION NEWS
NEW ADULT CLASS AVAILABLE ~ Join us on a pilgrimage of pain and hope
as Pastor Dan Lepley leads an adult Sunday School class retracing the steps of his
recent journey through Africa. Class starts at 9:45am in the sanctuary.
THIS WEEKEND IN CHRISTIAN EDUCATION ~ classes for 2-year-olds through
adults are available on Sundays at 9:35am. Please see the board and flyer in the
narthex for more information.
BULLETIN COVERS & USHERS ~ January’s bulletin covers were designed and
drawn by Our Shepherd’s 8th grade school children as a service to our church family. The 8th graders will also be serving as ushers in many of the services this month.
LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA KITS AVAILABLE ~ It's time to order your Little Caesars Pizza Kits, cookie dough, bread stick kits and other treats to support the 8th
graders' annual trip to Mackinac Island! The students will be taking orders at church
on Sundays now through January 18. Money is due when you place your order. All
orders are due by January 20, and pizza order pick up is Wednesday, January 28,
3:30-5:30pm - just in time for your Super Bowl party! Thank you for helping us make
this very special annual trip a possibility for the whole class. Questions? See Margo
Martin or email [email protected].
AUDIO/VISUAL HELP needed for our 8am and 6:30pm worship services. E-mail
DCE Dan at [email protected] if you are able to help.
BLAST SHOPPING CART CHALLENGE ~ Open to all 5th-8th graders. Join us on
Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 7pm as we race to purchase as many items as possible for
Our Shepherd’s Food Pantry. Please bring $5 to cover the cost of groceries.
STUDENT MINISTRIES SUPER BOWL PARTY Come celebrate February 1 at
5:30pm until the end of the game here at Our Shepherd. For all 5th grade through
college students, their friends and family.
EXTRA COPIES AVAILABLE! Not signed up for emails from Our Shepherd? No
problem! There are extra copies of the January newsletter and the weekly emails
posted at the Welcome Center. We also save a few copies of the Saturday and Sunday bulletins, if you missed them. Don’t see what you need? Contact Jane Runge
Darlage for back copies or other information.
p.167 ff
Opening Hymn
395
“O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright”
(Women sing st. 3, Men sing st. 4)
p. 167
Introit
Kyrie
p. 168
Hymn of Praise
p. 171
“This is the Feast”
Salutation/Collect of the Day
p. 172
Scripture Readings
See back of bulletin
FOR YOUR CALENDAR…Chipotle Fundraiser for school, Jan. 21, 4-8pm, Rockville Road location; Ladle & Loaf Fundraiser for youth mission trips, Jan. 25 after late
service; Euchre & Board Game Fellowship, Jan. 30, 6pm; Marriage Retreat, Feb. 1315, Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, Columbus; Food Pantry Drive-Up & DropOff, Feb. 21 & 22 before each service.
Musical Response
Alleluia & Verse
p. 173
IN OUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK: Those struggling in body, mind and spirit: the
family of Jenny Garrison upon her death last weekend, and the family of Roland Summerlot, father of Steve Summerlot, who passed away on Sunday. Joan Marshall,
Sandra Burrow, Carol Zoss, Dory Stigall, Phyllis Everett, Cathy Loe and Stacy
(Weiss) Wedding. For Al & Marian Schafer and all of our shut-ins. Our Indiana District, LCMS Synod and Worldwide Missions: for Holy Cross Lutheran Church.
Zeal to pray for missionaries here in the United States and around the world. Christians persecuted around the world. The unsaved, for faith in Jesus as their Savior.
Our Armed Forces: Ryan Enlow, Andrew Pierson, Rex Rafferty, David Rieger
Sr., Shad Singer, and Scott Zimmerman.
Apostles Creed
p. 175
OUR RESPONSE THROUGH LAST WEEK:
In Worship:
Saturday
8:00am
10:45am 235
589
68
191
New Years Eve
95
In Financial Support:
Tithes vs
Budget
$16,111
$19.375
Tithes YTD vs YTD Tithes Budget
$503,465
$526,475
Employer Match YTD vs Budget
$11,950
$19,269
Thrivent YTD vs Thrivent Budget YTD
$2503
$1900
Total Income YTD vs Budget
$986,788
$1,069,063
December 31 $15,531
“As With Gladness Men of Old”
(Men’s Ensemble)
Children’s Message
(10:45am only)
412
Sermon Hymn
“The People That in Darkness Sat”
Sermon
“Let there be Light!”
Genesis 1:1-5
Prayers of the Church
Offering/Offertory
p. 176
Musical Offering
“In the Bleak Midwinter”
(Duet)
Service of the Sacrament
p. 177-ff
Distribution Hymn
396
“Arise and Shine in Splendor”
Nunc Dimittis
p. 182
Closing Hymn
839
“O Christ, Our True and Only Light”
Genesis 1:1-5
1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2Now the earth was formless
and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4God saw that
the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5God called the light
“day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
Romans 6:1-11
1
What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2By no
means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3Or don’t you
know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4We
were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was
raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. 5For if we
have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a
resurrection like his. 6For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body
ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7because anyone who has died has been set free from sin. 8Now if we died with Christ, we
believe that we will also live with him. 9For we know that since Christ was raised from the
dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10The death he died, he
died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. 11In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Mark 1:4-11
4
And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance
for the forgiveness of sins. 5The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
6
John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate
locusts and wild honey. 7And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8I baptize
you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” 9At that time Jesus came from
Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10Just as Jesus was coming
up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like
a dove. 11And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am
well pleased.”
OUR SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL
9201 E County Road 100N, Avon, IN 46123
www.ourshepherd.org * [email protected] * 317.271.9103